Emerging fourth among the top runners in the 2023 presidential race with 1,496,687 votes, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso did not only match out to prove a political dexterity, his presidential outing altered the calculation of both the ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party .
Amidst uncertain political climax that greeted the 2023 elections, Kwankwaso clearly focused on the set target, not afraid of taking any political risk. Having frustrated out of the PDP, Kwankwaso was courageous enough to form a new political party the New Nigeria Peoples Party predominantly rooted by Kwankwasiyya ideology.
“We were afraid at that time that if nothing was done to keep our political activities alive, after we were defeated by Shekarau’s government, many people would leave the party to other political parties. So, I came up with the idea in order to retain our supporters. Having scaled through the formation level, the movement launched its first political encounter in 2011 gubernatorial election when Senator Kwankwaso staged his second coming under the Peoples Democratic Party against Saliu Sagir Takai, the anointed candidate of Mal. Shekarau. Incidentally, Shekarau could not survive the overwhelming forces and grassroot support gathered by Kwankwasiyya forces that upset the power of incumbency.
Kwankwaso left APC and returned to PDP to restore the lost glory. Kwankwaso lost several political allies and founding members of the movement including Governor Abdullahi Umar Rabiu Suliaman. Yet, beyond a party front Kwankwaso continued gathering momentum with the formidable movement.
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